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2007-2008 Submission Deadlines
MEMORANDUM
To: Officers and Deans
From:
George E. Moore Date: October 11, 2007
Subject:
Deadlines for Submitting Items for Consideration
Attached is a copy of the meeting schedule of the Board of Trustees and its standing committees for fiscal year 2007-2008. To enable the members of the Board of Trustees to have sufficient time to consider proposed actions, and to permit timely advance review and approval of all such matters by the President and her Cabinet, all materials relating to any matter that will be presented to the Board or any of its committees for action or information must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary at least two weeks prior to the scheduled committee or Board meeting at which it will first be considered. You should try to provide additional time if at all possible, especially if the matter is not a routine or incidental occurrence. Proposed action items and information reports received less than two weeks prior to a scheduled meeting will not be placed on the agenda for that meeting, but will be deferred to a subsequent meeting. For action items, the materials to be delivered to the Secretary should include a draft recommendation for action in standard format, an outline identifying the individuals, groups and entities that have participated in the preparation of the item, the budgetary authority and impact of the matter, and detailed background information and materials as appropriate for fully-informed presidential and Board consideration and approval. The website for the Office of the Secretary includes action items adopted by the Board since 1990, which you are invited to review as a guide for the appropriate format for a proposed action item. See www.temple.edu/secretary/. You also are invited to contact Janet Carruth at secretary@temple.edu or me if you have any questions or need additional assistance. For information items, all background documents and presentation materials (e.g., powerpoints, slides, films, etc.) along with the identity of the individual(s) who will present the matter to the Trustees, must be included in the materials submitted to the Office of the Secretary. These timing requirements are intended to provide the President with a minimum of one full week to review the matter, consult with others and her Cabinet as she deems appropriate, and determine whether or not the matter will be presented to the Board committee or Board as requested. If the matter is approved for an agenda, the President and Secretary will then have one week to finalize the agenda and provide the requisite notice, with appropriate supporting materials, to the Trustees who will be asked to make a recommendation or decision. The University’s Bylaws outline the powers and authority of the Board and its various standing committees. While you may have general familiarity with matters requiring Board approval within your area of responsibility, please refer to Article VI of the University Bylaws (policy #01.32.00). If you have any questions as to whether a particular action requires Board approval, please feel free to call the Office of the Secretary. If you are involved in preparing a matter within the jurisdiction of a Board committee that does not have scheduled meeting dates, but instead is listed as meeting at the “Call of Chair,” please understand that a meeting cannot be scheduled until at least two weeks after you have delivered all pertinent materials to the Office of the Secretary.
The submission deadlines will be strictly enforced. STANDING COMMITTEES
Academic
Affairs Committee (e.g., policies relating to educational programs, admissions, tenure, promotion and retirement of faculty)
Athletics Committee (e.g., matters relating to the Board policies concerning intercollegiate, intramural and recreational athletics, and their programs and facilities)
Audit Committee (e.g., matters relating to the adequacy of and compliance with internal controls of the University and the sufficiency and appropriateness of its financial reporting)
Budget & Finance
Committee (e.g., capital and operating budget recommendations, financial planning, investment policy)
Development Committee (e.g., matters relating alumni affairs and programs, policies and programs related to extramural support and recognition)
Executive Committee (e.g., matters requiring final Board action between meetings of the Board, such as real estate transactions, policy changes, etc.)
Facilities Committee (e.g., capital construction and equipment contracts over $300,000, design contracts over $50,000, purchase, sale or lease-away of real estate, policies relating to disposition and use of facilities)
Healthcare Enterprise ( at 9:30 a.m.) (e.g., address budget and strategic planning issues of health care activities)
Student
Affairs Committee (e.g., policies relating to student life and welfare, student housing, student fees)
Committee on Trustee
Affairs (e.g., assess and appraise the organization, operation and membership of the Board of Trustees)
Other University Committees and Entities Conflict of Interest Committee (e.g., review conflict of interest disclosures of Trustees)
Executive Compensation Subcommittee (Executive Committee) (e.g., consider and recommend the compensation of University officers to the Executive Committee, and consult with the President regarding deans’ compensation)
Subcommittee on
Investments (Budget & Finance Committee) (e.g., policies relating to investment and endowment portfolio of the University)
Temple Educational Support Services, Ltd. (TESS) (e.g., matters relating to the curriculum and operation of the Temple University Japan program)
Board of TrusteeS ( at 3:30 p.m.) (e.g., major changes in educational policy, closing or opening academic departments, budget approval)
These submission deadlines are firm. If the Office of the Secretary does not receive all materials pertaining to a matter for submission to the Board committee or the Board by the submission date for a particular meeting, the matter will not be presented to the President or Board committee for that meeting.
Temple
University Office of the Secretary
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